Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Nominees and Winning Books
The Hurston/Wright Legacy Award™ honors the best in Black literature. Introduced in 2001, the Legacy Award was the first national award presented to Black writers by a national organization of Black writers. Fiction, debut fiction, nonfiction, and poetry honorees are selected in a juried competition. Each October, the award winners are celebrated during the Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards that draws hundreds of literary stars, readers, representatives of the publishing industry, the arts, media, politics, and academia. Learn more at the Hurston/Wright Foundation’s website
3 Books Honored by the Hurston/Wright Foundation in 2002
Winner - Debut Fiction
Gabriel’s Story
by David Anthony Durham
Publication Date: Jan 16, 2001
List Price: $23.95
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780385498142
Imprint: Doubleday
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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Winner - Fiction
Erasure
by Percival Everett
Publication Date: Oct 25, 2011
List Price: $16.00
Format: Paperback, 272 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781555975999
Imprint: Graywolf Press
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Parent Company: Graywolf Press
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Winner - Nonfiction
In the Shadow of a Saint: A Son’s Journey to Understand His Father’s Legacy
by Ken Wiwa
Publication Date: Sep 09, 2001
List Price: $26.00
Format: Hardcover, 247 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781586420253
Imprint: Steerforth
Publisher: Steerforth
Parent Company: Steerforth